Cell Therapy With Treg Cells Obtained From Thymic Tissue (thyTreg) to

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators developed a protocol to isolate Treg cells from thymic tissue (thyTreg) discarded in pediatric cardiac surgeries. After completing the pre-clinical studies, the investigators have initiated a phase I/II clinical trial to test the safety and efficacy of the adoptive transfer of autologous thyTreg to prevent rejection in heart transplant children. Condition or disease: Heart Transplantation Intervention/treatment: Regulatory T Cell (Treg) Infusion

Clinical Trial Description

Current transplant practice is far from guaranteeing the life expectancy of patients, particularly if the patients are children. THYTECH aims to revolutionize the field of clinical immunology developing a new approach to govern the regulatory skills of immune system, preventing graft rejection and opening a new frontier in the treatment of immune diseases. Transfer of regulatory T cells (Treg) has acquired growing interest in the race to achieve indefinite transplant survival. Up to now, the use of Treg therapy to prevent solid graft rejection in humans has demonstrated that this therapy is safe, but the clinical efficacy is limited. The small Treg numbers that can be purified from peripheral blood along with the low survival and limited suppressive capacity of differentiated Tregs obtained from adults have probably compromised the efficacy of this therapy. The investigators have developed an innovative approach to overcome current barriers and make Treg transfer a reality equipped to achieve indefinite graft survival. The major innovation of THYTECH is the employment of thymic tissue, the site of Treg generation, as a new source of Tregs to obtain massive amounts of thymus-derived Tregs (thyTreg) with very high purity (>95% of CD 25+ Foxp3+ cells) and improved survival and suppressive capacities. The investigators are recruiting patients in a clinical trial transferring autologous Tregs in heart-transplanted children to prevent graft rejection. ;

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Heart Transplantation

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT04924491
Study type	Interventional
Source	Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon
Contact	Rafael Correa-Rocha, PhD
Phone	+34 915866455
Email	rafael.correa@iisgm.com
Status	Recruiting
Phase	Phase 1/Phase 2
Start date	September 10, 2020
Completion date	December 31, 2026

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Cell Therapy With Treg Cells Obtained From Thymic Tissue (thyTreg) to Prevent Rejection in Heart Transplant Children — THYTECH

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